Loading ...King Edward’s headteacher published a letter on the school’s website yesterday to explain his thinking in respect of the current poor weather conditions. Presumably in response to the criticism from parents reported on this site on Monday, he started by commenting upon Monday’s decision to open the school to pupils from Louth, only to...
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Despite the snow, KEVIGS opened today – or did it? Just as soon as they arrived, the kids that had shown the commitment and made the effort to get to school were told to phone parents to get them home again. “Don’t blame us”, a teacher tells his disgruntled students. “I don’t want to...
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Why Louth’s Parents Need To Think Again About The Quality Of Their Schools! Writing in the Sunday Express, Michael Gove, Education Secretary said, “Every parent in the land knows that we need to improve our education system.” Well, that was a promising start! Unfortunately it’s downhill all the way from there. “We’ve got great...
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The new “Business Casual” dress code is compulsory for 6th formers at KEVIGS from September. The school’s website carries pictures and details of what will be required. Is this a positive move that will help build students’ personal responsibility for their appearance at the same time as enhancing the image and reputation of the school, or just...
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Louth Parents have certainly shown an interest in this site with 301 visits from 202 people in its first two and a half weeks. The average reader stays for more than 5 minutes and about 5% stay for 14 minutes! All we need now is for more visitors to add their views before they leave....
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Nick Gibb MP, Minister for Schools, announced today that the Government would seek to: end the rule requiring schools to give 24 hours written notice for detentions allow heads and school staff to search pupils for legal highs, pornography, cigarettes, fireworks and personal electronic devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players and cameras, in addition...
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Tonight’s BBC Panorama programme reported upon the issue of incompetent teachers. Despite estimating that there are 15000+ incompetent teachers in English schools and recognising the enormous damage that incompetent teachers can do to the children in their charge, the programme’s conclusion was that there is NOTHING that parents can do about it. The documentary...
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Why is it that whenever there is the slightest threat of snow, Louth’s children can be found huddled around the radio, desperate to hear the name of their school amongst the list of today’s closures? What happened to those smiling, enthusiastic, happy faces that attended the first year of primary school? Why doesn’t secondary education engage...
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The new government is giving parents the right to set up “Free Schools”. Free Schools are independent state schools run by teachers not bureaucrats or politicians and accountable to parents. Being independent from governmental and bureaucratic control could result in an entirely different emphasis. Provided a high standard of academic results is maintained, and subject...
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Here Come The Exam Results – Pass The Salt!
During the past few weeks, head teachers all over the country have been proudly parading the “outstanding” exam results achieved by their pupils. This has become an annual ritual with the same claims of “more people than ever before…” trotted out year after year. The clear implication is that schools are performing better than...
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